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This Week in Anime - The House that Gainax Built
Once upon a time, Gainax was the infallible studio that birthed Evangelion, Gunbuster, FLCL...and that magical girl show sponsored by car brand Subaru. It wasn't all giant robots…
Hard Work and Guts
Another section reaches parity today with the addition of mecha profiles. This time, it’s Gainax’s Aim for the Top! series, and the following sections have been updated: Gunbuster Diebuster…
RX Trainer
General Information Unit type: trainer mechaPilot(s): Noriko Takaya, Kazumi Amano, Reiko Kashiwara Lineart Head Rear view
RX-7 Machine Weapon
Jung Freud unit Kazumi Amano unit Noriko Takaya/Linda Yamamoto unit Koichiro Ohta unit Jung Freud unit Kazumi Amano unit Noriko Takaya/Linda Yamamoto unit Koichiro Ohta unit General Information…
Sizzler
Color scheme 1 Color scheme 2 Color scheme 3 Color scheme 1 Color scheme 2 Color scheme 3 General Information Unit type: mass production general purpose mecha Powerplant:…
Gunbuster (mecha)
General Information Unit type: buster machinePowerplant: degeneracy generator x 2Pilot(s): Noriko Takaya, Kazumi Amano, Jung FreudOriginal mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake Lineart Cockpit Head Pilot seat Rear view
Buster Machine 3
General Information Unit type: black hole bombPilot: Kazumi Ohta (nee Amano) Lineart N/A
Buster Machine 2
General Information Unit type: transformable Gunbuster unit Pilot(s): Kazumi Amano, Jung Freud Original mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake Lineart Cockpit Rear view
Buster Machine 1
General Information Unit type: transformable Gunbuster unitPilot: Noriko TakayaOriginal mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake Lineart Rear view
Supply Ship (Gunbuster)
General Information Unit type: supply ship Lineart N/A
Laser Cruiser
General Information Unit type: cruiser Lineart N/A
Spallanzani class
General Information Unit type: spaceship Lineart N/A
Spiegel class
General Information Unit type: spaceship Lineart Rear view
Maxwell class
General Information Unit type: spaceship Lineart Rear view
Luxion
General Information Unit type: spaceshipCaptain: Yuzo Takaya Lineart Rear view
Exelion
General Information Unit type: spaceshipCaptain: Tatsumi Tashiro Lineart Rear view
Eltreum
General Information Unit type: spaceshipCaptain: Tatsumi Tashiro Lineart Rear view
Cosmo Attacker V
General Information Unit type: space fighter Lineart Rear view
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My Top Ten Anime, a Decade in the Making
Over a Christmas break in 2013, I binged Attack on Titan and became an anime fan. This often surprises the friends that I’ve made since then because, what…
Snow White with the Red Hair, Attack on Titan, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Bungo Stray Dogs, Cowboy Bebop
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 126: 2023 Year in Review with GrantTheThief
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12 Moments In Anime 2023, #6: A Decade of GunBuster
Hey kids! Remember when Discotek announced that they licensed the original GunBuster OVA for a Blu-Ray release in North America, complete with a brand new English dub? It…
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I Read the ENTIRE Anime Encyclopedia. Twice 😨
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Gunbuster for Beginners
By Andrew Osmond. Many decades before Gunbuster, French director Jean-Luc Godard declared, “All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” In the 1980s a…
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A review of Gunbuster
The Earth is threatened by space insects, and the only ones who can save humanity are a set of students piloting giant robots. That’s a tale as old…
Gunbuster Files: Black & White
By Jonathan Clements. In a bold move that you could only get away with in the days of video, the final episode of Gunbuster is shot in stark…
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Why Gunbuster has one of the best anime endings ever
Here be spoilers. I’m not doing a deep dive into the whole show here, because better minds than mine (I’m looking at you, Jonathan Clements, and I recommend anyone…
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Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing Redux
With Gunbuster now returning to the UK & US on Blu-ray, I decided to revisit the Bandai Visual USA & Honneamise Blu-ray Disc Box release for Gunbuster vs…
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Gunbuster (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The classic mecha OVA series Gunbuster has returned to the UK on Blu-ray and uncut, with a collector’s package by Anime Limited.
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Gunbuster (The OVA): Timeline Peril
Thank You Discotek!!! For the longest time, Gunbuster the movie was the only portion of Gunbuster that was legally available for anyone to watch. I say legally because…
Gunbuster Files: Shattered Jewels
By Jonathan Clements. The title of the fifth episode of Gunbuster derives directly from Robert Heinlein’s 1973 novel Time Enough for Love, which ironically had very little to…
Gunbuster Files: Strike a Pose
By Jonathan Clements. There’s a moment in Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle (2021), early in the film, where his heroine is standing on a giant floating whale loaded with huge…
The Music of Gunbuster
By Jonathan Clements. Even though Gunbuster was released across three video cassettes, two episodes a time, its format preserved the two-part structure of TV anime, with a little…
Gunbuster: Smith Toren
By Jonathan Clements. Noriko Takaya, the leading lady in Gainax’s Gunbuster, gets her first unwelcome taste of battle in the episode “First Love, First Sortie.” But as the…
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Anime World Order Show # 221 – It Wasn’t C-Beams Glittering Near the Tannhauser Gate, It Was Otaku Tears
We’re joined by longtime mecha enthusiast Rob Lantz as we offer up a mostly spoiler-free review of Gerald’s favorite OVA series of all time: 1988’s Aim for the…
Gunbuster Files: The Easter Eggs
By Jonathan Clements. The writer and producer Toshio Okada wrote in his memoirs about the experience of announcing Gunbuster: Aim for the Top at a press conference, in…
Guest Spot: Giant Robot FM
Hi friends! If you love Gunbuster , I have a treat for you: I was a guest on the most recent episode of Giant Robot FM…
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Gunbuster Blu-ray
Gunbuster is a true classic in every sense of the word: historically important, influential, and a fantastic series decades after it came out. With this gorgeous release, it…
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Does Gunbuster Hold Up Today?
Now available on Blu-ray from Discotek, AJ dives into Hideaki Anno's anime directorial debut to see if the show stands on its own beyond its historical status.
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Does Gunbuster Hold Up Today?
Now available on Blu-ray from Discotek, AJ dives into Hideaki Anno's anime directorial debut to see if the show stands on its own beyond its historical status.
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April 2023 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
April is a smaller line-up for both distributors, we have more 2022 releases including Aoashi and Ya Boy Kongming! – but… we have Gunbuster too.
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Gunbusters 2 : Diebusters
I had not watched the original Gunbsuters when I jumped into Gunbusters 2. Do you think it affected my experience?
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The Only 100 Anime You Need To Watch
100 Anime Recommendations These are the only 100 anime you need to see! Some of the old.. some of the new, I’m sure there are dozens that are perfect…
CONventional Sunday (Otakon 2022 in review)
Hey, long time no talk, It’s Jecka with our adventures in Otakon 2022! A bit out of order since this actually happened a week before CRX, bu...
One Piece, One Pound Gospel, Cross Game, Dragon Ball Z, Maison Ikkoku
Review: MARIONETTE GENERATION
Sometimes a character designer can successfully make the leap from animation to manga. Today is an example of a beloved old-school designer...
Anime Herald Guest article: Gunbuster
If you're a Patreon supporter of Anime Herald , you might have noticed that I recently wrote an article for them about how shojo was a maj...
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Weekly Round-Up, 13-19 April 2022: Gunbuster Influences, Marriage Equality Film Festival, and Nintendo Labor Complaint
AniFem Round-Up 2022 Spring Premiere Digest All of this season’s premieres, listed with content warnings. Chatty AF 160: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 16-23 The classic shoujo retrospective…
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Anime Cult Classics: 15 Anime Series Lacking a Broad Audience Appeal
It is easy to forget sometimes that anime in and of itself is an art form, and art is an explosion! I mean, art is expression, and experimentation,…
The Heike Story, The Tatami Galaxy, From the New World, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ranking of Kings
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Gunbuster
Type: Ender’s Game? Synopsis: I mean, Ender’s Game came out in 1985. Gunbuster came out in 1988. BUT, the Japanese translation arrived in 1987, so Gunbuster was probably…
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More Than A Coincidence: Notes on Xardion and Gunbuster
Stephen revisits Xardion to talk a bit about its similarities with an earlier Gainax project, Aim for the Top! Gunbuster.
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13 Old School Anime Worth Remembering (and Watching)
There are a lot of feelings about modern anime, but it is a medium that has never been larger and more widely available. We are also entirely spoiled…
Rose of Versailles, Dear Brother, Escaflowne, Gunbuster, Lupin III